{"id":5421,"date":"2025-08-04T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5421"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:25:39","slug":"three-attorneys-named-2025-minnesota-rising-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/three-attorneys-named-2025-minnesota-rising-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Attorneys Named 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the <strong>Fabyanske, Westra, Hart &amp; Thomson, P.A.<\/strong> attorneys who have been named Super Lawyer&#8217;s 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d. They are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/colin-mbruns\">Colin Bruns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/elise-r-radaj\">Elise Radaj<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/erinn-b-valine\">Erinn Valine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/leon-p-wells\">Leon Wells.\u00a0<\/a>\u201cRising Stars\u201d are nominated by their peers and must be 40 years old or under, or have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the list.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Colin_Bruns_400X400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/colin-mbruns\">Colin Bruns\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Elise-Radaj_WEB2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/elise-r-radaj\">Elise Radaj\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Erinn-Valine-300x300-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/erinn-b-valine\">Erinn Valine<\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Leon_Wells_400X400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/attorneys\/leon-p-wells\">Leon Wells<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Fabyanske, Westra, Hart &amp; Thomson, P.A. attorneys who have been named Super Lawyer&#8217;s 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d. They are Colin Bruns, Elise Radaj,\u00a0 Erinn Valine and Leon Wells.\u00a0\u201cRising Stars\u201d are\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,24,58,53,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-colin-m-bruns","category-elise-r-radaj","category-erinn-b-valine","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four Attorneys Named 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d - Fabyanske, Westra, Hart &amp; Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fwhtlaw.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/three-attorneys-named-2025-minnesota-rising-stars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Attorneys Named 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d - Fabyanske, Westra, Hart &amp; Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congratulations to the Fabyanske, Westra, Hart &amp; Thomson, P.A. attorneys who have been named Super Lawyer&#8217;s 2025 Minnesota \u201cRising Stars\u201d. 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